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Chopin - Variations on a theme by Rossini
Sheet music for flute
| Alt. Title: | Variations on “Non più mesta accanto al fuoco”; Variations in E major on a Theme from Rossini's La Cenerentola |
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| Info: | This arrangement from a famous Rossini aria is loaded with creativity. Every one of the four varieties is an enhanced form of the main theme. These splendid varieties comes from the aria "Non più mesta acanto al fuoco", which is the finish of Rossini's drama "La Cenerentola" (Cinderella). In this aria, Angelina (otherwise called Cenerentola) bids farewell to every one of the days she spent as a tutor at her stepfather's home. Rossini, much appreciated by Chopin, formed the whole composition in 24 days. Apparently, there was just one duplicate of the composition, and that it was kept by one of the writer's companions. The work didn't show up on paper until 1953. |
| Opus number: | B.9 / Op. A1, No. 5 |
| Date: | 1824 |
| Artist: | Frédéric François Chopin |
| Born: | 22 February or 1 March 1810, Żelazowa Wola |
| Died: | 17 October 1849, Paris |
| The artist: | Polish composer and a virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era, who wrote primarily for the solo piano. He gained and has maintained renown worldwide as one of the leading musicians of his era, whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation." A child prodigy, he completed his musical education and composed his earlier works in Warsaw before leaving Poland at the age of 20. |
| Instrument: | Flute |
| Key: | E major |
| Range: | C#4 - F#6 |
| Time signature: | 4/4 |
| Tempo: | 100 BPM |
| Duration: | 4:51 |
| Pages: | 4 |
| Difficulty: | Advanced |
| Style: | Classical |
